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Poplar 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Of the 822 patients notified in Poplar, 752 were removed to hospitals
and institutions; of the 861 in Bromley 793 were isolated, and of the 531
in Bow 491 were removed, so that of a total of 2,214 notifiable diseases
in the Borough 2,036 patients (exclusive of ophthalmia neonatorum) had
been removed from their homes.*

Table: Institutions. Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the sub-districts of Poplar and Bromley were as follows :—

Institutions. Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the sub-districts of Poplar and Bromley were as follows :—

Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms .Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms).
Poplar Institution13352......12** 35*2**....1**2*
St. Andrew's Hospital11§13†3§..........** 1..3**........
Bow Institution1..1¶..........................
Bromley House Institution3..11........1..1*1**......1*
Langley House, 54, East India Dock Road73..4..........** 3..4**........
Poplar Hospital..22 ††..............1 **............

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* Admitted into St. Andrew's Hospital. ** Removed to M A.B. Hospitals.
§ Staff. † 2 Staff, and 1 of no fixed abode.
‡ 3 Homeless, and 1 of Poplar Farm Colony. ¶ Of City of London Union,
†† 1 Staff, and 1 of Shoreditch.
* See Tables XIX.—XXII., pages 44-46.